NAM.2001-01-411-7

Two clinical mercury thermometers, in a cardboard box, 1948 (c). One inscribed, ‘1/2 MIN Brannon London’, the other inscribed, ‘[triangle] 60 SECONDS Boots GUARENTEED NPL [cypher] 59’ (NPL stands for the National Physical laboratory). Printed label on box lid inscribed with details of retailers, Boots the Chemist. From a medical kit containing a collection of non-military medical equipment, belonging to Senior Sister L J Honsby, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Corps.